Servant of the Bones | Literary Precedents
Despite the writing style, Servant of the Bones is not a typical gothic novel. It draws instead on ancient stories of the Fertile Crescent, such as the psalms and stories recorded in the Bible and the tales of Gilgamesh. Like these stories, the novel mixes mystical, earth-shattering revelations with earthy details. Enkido, the wild man created to rival Gilgamesh, "is rendered tame by spending seven days with a temple harlot." Azriel is brought into the tale, attracted by the murder of Rachel Belkin. Gregory Belkin, a man who controls the fate of ninety percent of the world's...
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